Disney has shut down seminal computer game developer LucasArts, reports Kotaku, saying over 150 jobs have been lost amid the cancellation of Star Wars: First Assault and Star Wars 1313. They attribute this to a reliable source, and a confirmation can be found on GameInformer, where they have a comment from a representative from LucasFilm saying the cancellation of Star Wars 1313 is not absolute, as they will be looking to license games like that planned action/adventure in the future. "It is worth noting that we are looking for proven external partners who can help us provide video games to our fans. We still believe in the video game industry, we still will provide Star Wars games, we're just looking at different models rather than internal production... They're evaluating everything. There's always a possibility that it [Star Wars 1313] can still come out via licensing," the rep told them. "It's super sad. It's a terrible day. I want to make sure everyone realizes that there still will be Star Wars games out there."

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nin wrote on Apr 3, 2013, 14:42:A moment of silence for TIE Fighter, Maniac Mansion, and all the rest.

I don't know, I'm going to maintain a BIT of optimism where that's concerned. They are turning towards licensing-only as a model. It strikes me that this makes it MORE likely that we could see a follow up to some of those games: Lucasarts itself would probably not have taken a chance on a new Maniac Mansion, as an example; but [developer name here] may be willing to take that chance, and Disney may be willing to accept the licensing fees.